Deckers is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
along the
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/ Mountain West. It ...
in
Douglas County,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
, United States. Stephen Decker built a general store here in the 1890s. He later added a saloon and called the settlement "Daffodil." The presence of natural springs led him to establish Deckers Mineral Springs and Resort in the popular region for fly-fishing. Deckers received national attention for the June 2002 forest fire, known as the
Hayman Fire, which burned thousands of acres on the outskirts of the Denver metro area. The
U.S. Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal government of the Uni ...
at
Sedalia (
ZIP Code 80135) now serves Deckers postal addresses.
[
]
Geography
Deckers is located at (39.255386,-105.227222).
Camp
National Ramah Commission announced in March 2006 that it planned to open a Camp Ramah in the Rockies. A camp site has been purchased in Deckers.
The camp, known as Ramah in the Rockies has been running since the Summer of 2010.
See also
* Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area
Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver re ...
* Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area
* Front Range Urban Corridor
* List of cities and towns in Colorado
References
{{authority control
Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
Denver metropolitan area